Caroline Taylor

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Photo by: Judy Stapleton

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Photo by: Sheldon Whitfield

Photo by: Sheldon Whitfield

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

SEASON-BY-SEASON
2018 (R-Sr.):

Started in all 52 games at first base for the Bears
Ended the season with a career-best .331 batting average with 45 hits, 19 of which were for extra bases
Tallied a program-record 16 home runs in a single season, tallying 51 runs batted in to rank fifth-most in a single season
Concluded the season with an impressive .706 slugging percentage and a .462 on-base percentage, both ranking first on the squad
Finished the year with 227 putouts, 10 assists and a fielding percentage of .988
Recorded eight multi-hit performances with a season-high three hits and a career-best two home runs and seven RBIs against Florida A&M (Feb. 21)
Named to the SoCon All-Tournament team after hitting .667 (4-6), with an on-base percentage of .833 and a slugging percentage of 2.167 with three long balls and six runs batted in
Became Mercer’s all-time home runs leader on May 11 with a solo blast in her final collegiate game against Samford in the SoCon Tournament
Tallied four RBIs against Western Carolina (May 9) in the opening game of the SoCon Tournament to become Mercer’s all-time leader in runs batted in
Concluded her career as the Mercer all-time leader in total chances (1,322), putouts (1,248) and double plays turned (30)

2017 (R-Jr.):

Started in all 57 games for Mercer, competing at the first base position
Batted .265 on the season with 15 extra-base hits, including six homeruns which ranked second on the squad
Plated 17 RBIs and crossed the plate 15 times herself
Led the conference in putouts with 338, boasting a .983 fielding percentage
Tallied nine multi-hit performances on the season
Smacked a career-best two doubles in a single game against Florida A&M (March 1)
Plated a solo shot in Mercer’s SoCon Tournament 5-3 victory over Samford to open tournament play

2016 (Jr.):

2015 (So.):

Started all 59 games during sophomore season from her first base position
Batted .287 on the year, leading the team and ranking third in the SoCon with 11 homeruns
Ranked fifth in the league with 41 RBIs, driving in multiple runs in 11 contests
Had three or more RBIs in five games, smacking five doubles on the season
Scored 22 runs and tallied a .529 slugging percentage
Finished fifth on the squad with a .416 on-base percentage, ranking second in the SoCon in walks (30)
Tallied a team-high 337 putouts to rank second in the conference
Drew a season-high four walks in a win over Winthrop on Feb. 15
Finished the Bears’ doubleheader sweep of Alabama State with six hits and eight RBIs including a season-high four hits in the opener and two homeruns in the nightcap

2014 (Fr.):

Started all 56 games and finished the season with a .269 batting average in 160 at-bats
Finished the season with the fifth-most RBIs in the Atlantic Sun with 48
Finished tied for fourth in the Atlantic Sun in home runs with 14
Had a three homerun game in an 11-3 win over Georgia Southern (March 20)
Led the team in total bases with 96

High School

Four-year letterwinner in softball under head coach Stephen Tyre and Bacon County High School, where she graduated fourth in her class with honors
Two-time Region 2A Offensive Player of the Year (2010 & 2011)
Three-time First Team All-State (2010, 2011 & 2012)
Named 2012 First Team All-Region
During 2011, she was second in the state in homeruns (19) and fifth in the state in batting average

Personal

Daughter of Leon and Terri Taylor
Has one sibling, a sister named Emma
Born on Nov. 6, 1994
Majoring in chemistry and is pre-pharmacy and wants to work in a hospital or pharmacy
Favorite movie is The Benchwarmers